3 Responses to “ Taiwan: Making Friends ”

1. # 1 MOM Says:
   May 3rd, 2007 at 6:10 am

   Hi,

   If Taiwan is establishing a “consular/economic” office in Suriname, it’s probably for economic reasons, mainly those concerning fishing rights. I would say that since Suriname has a Chinese embassy, Suriname, maybe, is playing “both sides” to up the ante for aid.

2. # 2 JohnnyB Says:
   May 3rd, 2007 at 12:04 pm

   Many small and poor countries benefit from this kind of dollar diplomacy. I can’t trash Nancy Pelosi too much since she is one of the most fervent backers of an independent Taiwan.

3. # 3 JohnnyB Says:
   May 3rd, 2007 at 12:13 pm

   I do think it’s sad that the only European nation that recognizes Taiwan is the Vatican, and that the French war-game with the Chinese off the coast of Taiwan. One of the travesties of the Carter administration was the Taiwan Relations Act.

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